Four of the 207 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in NSW today are residents at Wyoming Residential Aged Care Facility in the inner western Sydney suburb of Summer Hill.
This brings the total linked to the aged care home to 14, including 13 residents and one staff member. The worker – who was believed to have received one vaccine dose at the time of infection – was the first to test positive to the virus at the facility, returning the devastating test result on July 27.
A spokesperson for the aged care home said 80% of its 60 staff and 65 residents were fully vaccinated.
Of the state’s new locally-acquired cases confirmed this morning, 105 are linked to a known case or cluster – 92 are household contacts and 13 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 102 cases is under investigation, NSW Health said.
“Eighty-nine cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period and 21 cases were in isolation for part of their infectious period. Fifty-one cases were infectious in the community, and the isolation status of 46 cases remains under investigation,” the health authority said.
Sadly, NSW Health has also confirmed a further COVID-19-related death.
“A man in his 90s from south west Sydney died yesterday at Liverpool Hospital. He had received one dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine,” it said.
“NSW Health expresses its sincere sympathy to his family and friends. This is the 15th COVID-19 related death during the current outbreak. There have now been 71 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic.”
There are currently 232 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 54 people in intensive care, 25 of whom require ventilation.
Meanwhile, fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 were detected for a second time in the sewage system at Molong Sewage Treatment Plant. This catchment has about 1,700 people.
“NSW Health is aware of a case in area, however this case does not live within the catchment.”
